Means for securing reinforcing-soles to footwear.



H. W. FROST & W. J. SELLARS.

MEANS FOR SECURING REINFORCING SOLES TO FOOTWEAR.

APPLICAHON HLED MAY 10, 1915.

Patented June 20, 1916.

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HAROLD WILLIAM FROST AND WILLIAM JOSEPH SELLARS, OF WELLINGTON, NEW

ZEALAND, ASSIGNORS TO SELLARS REM OVABLE SOLES LIMITED, A CORPORATION.

MEANS FOR SECURING- REINFORCING-SOLES T0 FOOTWEAR.

Application filed May 10, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HAROLD WILLIAIM FRosT and WILLIAM JosErH Serums, citi- Zens of the Dominion of New Zealand, and residing at 213 Tinakori road, \Vellington, and 119 Willis street, Wellington, respectively, in the Provincial district of Wellington, in the Dominion of New Zealand, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for Securing Reinforcing- Soles to Footwear, of which the following is a specification.

The invention has for its object to enable an additional sole to be expeditiously and securely attached to the sole of a boot or the like.

The invention is especially adapted for military and the like purposes because a- Worn and comfortable boot can have a new sole securely attached to it in a very short space of time and by an unskilled person.

According hereto, a leather or other sole of ordinary shape is secured to the welt of the boot sole by metal grips which extend from the bottom over the edges of the two soles and have their upper ends which are sharpened, bent over and forced into the welt. The grips may be formed at their lower ends to provide a'protector for the sole and may be permanently secured by forcing their pointed ends into the sole and bending them over or the grips may be independent of the sole which will have holes to receive them when the sole is beingatta'ched.

The invention is illustrated in the drawing wherein I Figure 1, is a side elevation of a boot with our invention applied. Fig. 2, an inverted plan thereof, and Fig. 3, an inverted plan of the sole removed, Fig. i, is a sectional elevation on line A-A Fig. 2. Fig. 5, is a perspective elevation of a grip. Fig. 6, is a sectional elevation on line 13-13 Fig. 2. Fig. 7, is a perspective elevation of a modified form of grip. Fig. 8, is a perspec- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 20, 1%16.

Serial No. 26,988.

tread piece is conveniently shaped triangular 1n cross section, thereby providing a sharp edge 5 for sinking the tread piece into the sole and a wide base 6 to save the sole from wear and integral with it is the shank 7 of the grip, which in use lies closely against the edges of the sole and the welt of the boot. The curved end 8 of the shank is adapted to be further bent downwardly and its spiked end 9 driven into the Welt 10 of the boot. There are preferably six or eight of the grips and when they are properly applied the sole is securely attached to the boot and cannot be displaced unless the hooked ends of the grips be first removed from the welt.

The tread piece may have only one or a number of points (see Fig. 7 and the ends of the points are preferably bent over (see Fig. 4: and the dotted lines in Fig. 5) to prevent the grips from coming out of the sole. .In that case the sole would usually be supplied with the grips already attached as shown in Fig. 8, but We consider it preferable to apply the grips to the sole during the operation of fixing the sole to the boot.

In the modified form shown in Figs. 6 and 7, the tread piece 11 is not triangular but is provided with a wearing boss 12 and extends right and left from the shank 7. Points 13 at the extremities of the tread piece are adapted to engage in the boot sole, holes 14 being provided for this purpose as shown in Fig. 3.

What we do claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A reinforcing sole for a boot or the like with grips having their lower ends engaging beneath the edges of the sole, passing up the sides thereof, and engaging at their upper ends in the welt of the boot.

2. A grip for boot soles comprising a tread piece, a point thereon adapted to engage in the boot sole, and a shank having a spiked end adapted to be driven into the welt of the boot.

3.In combination a reinforcing sole for a boot or the like and a grip therefor comprising a tread piece of triangular cross section, a point thereon passing through the I sole and'bentover, the said triangular tread names to this specification in the presence piece being sunk into the sole, a shank inof two Witnesses.

tegral with the tread piece and lying closely HAROLD WILLI FROST againstthe edge of the sole the said shank having a curved end-adap ted to be bent -WILLIAM L downwardly, and a spiked end adapted to Witnesses: d engage the welt of the boot. EDNA J. COLLEY,

In testimony whereof we have signed our J. WATSON. 

